Wallace, Dillon. [Long Labrador trail.] *$1.50. Outing.
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This “glorious record of American ‘do and dare’” follows the wilderness adventure of one who besides being lured by the irresistible call of the wild is fulfilling the command to accomplish the work of exploration undertaken by his fallen leader, Leonidas Hubbard, viz., to penetrate the Labrador peninsula from Groswater bay to Lake Michikamau, thence thru the lake and northward over the divide, where he hoped to locate the headwaters of the George river.
“It is a record of privation and heroism, well-told, full of the irresistible charm of real exploration.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 173. O. ’07. S. |
“It is to be doubted if he has added greatly to our knowledge of this region; but he has certainly written an interesting book, wholly independent of literary charm.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 2: 442. O. 12. 460w. |
“Somehow, the very lack of rhetorical polish seems appropriate in the description of an undertaking which bespeaks essentially grim determination, and offers little occasion for the play of the finer feelings or of the imagination.” George Gladden.
| + | Bookm. 25: 615. Ag. ’07. 840w. |